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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	35	42	27	20.0%	-35.7%
31	Manufacturing	93	66	64	-29.0%	-3.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	13	26	0.0%	100.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	44	42	37.5%	-4.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	36	60	60	66.7%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	22	22	26	0.0%	18.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	14	17	-48.1%	21.4%
61	Educational Services	388	585	524	50.8%	-10.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	75	67	60	-10.7%	-10.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	41	37	7.9%	-9.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	26	27	62.5%	3.8%
92	Public Administration	15	17	14	13.3%	-17.6%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		18	11	0.0%	-38.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	340	484	392	42.4%	-19.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12	10	12	-16.7%	20.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	23	28	43.8%	21.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	99	128	124	29.3%	-3.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	28	22	28	-21.4%	27.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	37	47	57	27.0%	21.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	40	43	31	7.5%	-27.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14		13	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	62	40	44	-35.5%	10.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	61	90	74	47.5%	-17.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	64	76	79	18.8%	3.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	37	24	30	-35.1%	25.0%
	12 years	285	375	347	31.6%	-7.5%
	13-15 years	381	481	433	26.2%	-10.0%
	Over 15 years	127	160	145	26.0%	-9.4%
Sex
	Male	241	271	234	12.4%	-13.7%
	Female	589	769	721	30.6%	-6.2%
Age
	Under age 22	29	18	25	-37.9%	38.9%
	Age 22 to 29	109	135	102	23.9%	-24.4%
	Age 30 to 39	160	193	197	20.6%	2.1%
	Age 40 to 49	181	249	239	37.6%	-4.0%
	Age 50 to 59	191	199	184	4.2%	-7.5%
	Age 60 to 64	83	129	91	55.4%	-29.5%
	Age 65 and over	65	94	92	44.6%	-2.1%
	Info. not available	12	23	25	91.7%	8.7%
Race
	White	753	946	845	25.6%	-10.7%
	Black or African American,	16	15	26	-6.3%	73.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17	27	13	58.8%	-51.9%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	41	48	64	17.1%	33.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	742	939	859	26.5%	-8.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	46	44	36	-4.3%	-18.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	42	57	60	35.7%	5.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
	Becker County	129	136	134	5.4%	-1.5%
	Clay County	148	249	224	68.2%	-10.0%
	Douglas County	167	205	178	22.8%	-13.2%
	Grant County	44	42	39	-4.5%	-7.1%
	Otter Tail County	242	269	246	11.2%	-8.6%
	Pope County	49	61	55	24.5%	-9.8%
	Stevens County	21	29	39	38.1%	34.5%
	Traverse County	15	18	20	20.0%	11.1%
	Wilkin County	15	31	20	106.7%	-35.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

June 2026

EDR 4 - West Central